HESKETH BANK: Thieves stole 94 rolls of lead worth £4,500 from Henry Alty Ltd, a builders merchant on Station Road.

HESKETH BANK: Thieves stole 94 rolls of lead worth £4,500 from Henry Alty Ltd, a builders merchant on Station Road. They took a tipper truck to carry the haul which was later found abandoned near Blackburn.

BANKS: Two tonnes of stone worth £1,000 was stolen from an address in Banks on Saturday night. A Southport man has been arrested.